Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 95: To ask the Taoiseach the size of the workforce here, that is, the total number of those employed on 9 March 2011 and the total size of the workforce on 28 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3975/12]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The most recent figures available are for the third quarter of 2011. The data for the specific dates requested by the Deputy are not available from the CSO. The estimated numbers in employment for 2008, 2009, 2010 and the first three quarters of 2011 are presented in table 1. In the most recent quarter the level of employment recorded was 1,805,500, 2.5% lower than the level recorded a year earlier.